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What's Hiding Under the MASC?

It's Not Easy Getting Answers out of the MEDC

… paying as much as $2 million to the SEIU subsidiary even if they have no tax … decision to extend MEGA credits to SEIU/MASC and other business ventures referred … was what the MEDC was offering to SEIU/MASC: MEGA, the state's response to … will be paying for the creation of an SEIU office that could also be used for …

Union Front Organizations the New Face of Big Labor

Key focus of AFL-CIO convention this week, according to labor policy expert

… push called “Fight for 15” that is demanding a minimum wage of $15 an hour for fast food workers is coordinated by a worker center affiliated with the SEIU. Similarly, the protests at Wal-Mart are conducted by a worker center affiliated with the UFCW. “These groups fall outside of the normal laws that …

MEGA Madness and Big Labor Contradictions

Dubious Michigan Tax Break to Union Raises Eyebrows

… offered in part to address the union's complaint that it is at a disadvantage due to Michigan's "high labor costs" compared to two other states the SEIU was supposedly considering (one of them with a right-to-work law reviled by the union). This according to a document obtained by Detroit News business …

Michigan Senate bills would revive dues skim for home health workers

Government employees can opt out of unions, but Senate Bill 790 would make it much harder

… November 2006 and February 2013. The dues skim ended in March 2013, when the SEIU’s contract expired. “The checks mailed in March are expected to be the last … reported back then. The same day Hertel submitted Senate Bill 790, the SEIU announced plans to spend $200 million to re-elect President Joe Biden. …

Our Accomplishments

… Michigan Capitol Confidential, the Center’s online news source, closely monitored the plight of home-based care givers who were shanghaied into the SEIU. It wrote more than 80 stories and commentaries about them and kept a real-time count, through an online “skim tracker,” of some $35 million diverted …

Local Government Stories

… District Refuses to Sell Unused Building to Public Charter School — Despite Receiving $250K Asking Price Muskegon Health Care Workers Get Out of SEIU Township Board Votes Unanimously to Exempt Employees From State Law, Continue Paying Nothing For Health Insurance Highland Park School District: …

Service Employees International Union

… a split in organized labor. SEIU and six other unions, including … Change to Win Federation.[46] SEIU Joint Council 35, its statewide … 34,000 members in 2006, making SEIU one of the larger unions in the state.[47] SEIU has two locals in Michigan … in Lansing. Our estimate of SEIU local spending is based on …

Union Omits $12K From Disclosure Form That Was Paid to Keep Health Care 'Dues Skim' Alive

If payment made in 2011 and not reported, it’s ‘very serious,’ labor expert says

… since publication. Because the SEIU did not respond to requests … a $12,000 payment from the SEIU in February 2012. The date … responsible union officers. "If the SEIU failed to report expenditures … workers were forced into the SEIU after a vote most were unaware … ended the scheme. However, the SEIU gave it at least $12,000 to …

By the Numbers: The Dues Skim

… Amount of money annually siphoned even after the dues skim was ruled unconstitutional 84% — Percentage of home care givers who opted to leave the SEIU once given a choice

Government Incompetence At Its Worst – The Tragedy of the Forced Unionization of Home Health Care Workers

… Detroit building that houses the SEIU — the same union collecting … to pass the bill while the SEIU takes money from special needs … R-Saginaw, received $5,000 from the SEIU on the day the bill to end … put in to the coffers of the SEIU to be used as they wish. “They’re … West Coast Scandal Roots of SEIU Forced Unionization 'Money …

Stealth Unionization: The Walking Dead

… entire scheme was created by the SEIU in 2005 with the assistance … Granholm’s administration. The SEIU, a self-described “militant” … MQCCC. The scheme allowed the SEIU to skim more than $32 million … members or close friends. The SEIU formally admitted in court … placed on the ballot by an SEIU-funded front organization, …

How Do You Solve A Problem Like A Dues Skim?

… before that law passed, the SEIU extended its so-called collective … Granholm Administration and the SEIU in order to create an “employer” … organize against. The MQCCC-SEIU agreement was extended until … was not the only way that the SEIU challenged 2012 PA 76. It also … drawn almost entirely from the SEIU-friendly MQCCC board. Just …

Home Health Care Dues Still Being Skimmed

Could stop next month

… for about six years and the SEIU has taken in more than $29 … dollars will go toward the SEIU effort to lock the “skim” permanently … West Coast Scandal Roots of SEIU Forced Unionization 'Money … Picture, But Dues Keep Flowing To SEIU SEIU Sent Key GOP Senator $5K on …

Benenson Strategy Group

A DC public relations firm with a strong partisan tilt. Eleventh in a series.

… for the Senate to act, the SEIU continues to siphon money that … might be going, drawn from the SEIU's 2010 LM-2 report: The Benenson … recipient of $271,800 from SEIU in 2010. Benenson was described … presidential campaign in 2008. SEIU's choice of Benenson as its … Atlas Project Change.org SEIU Healthcare Michigan Ballot …

Senate Shows Support For Ending Home Health Care 'Dues Skim'

… Employees International Union (SEIU) targeted dollars that taxpayers … health care workers” into the SEIU. The vast majority of the 43,729 … these people were unionized, SEIU began collecting dues from … workers has swollen to 60,190. SEIU coffers have been enriched … to flow into those coffers. SEIU could spend this money on anything …

The Cover Story For the 'Dues Skim'

… Employees International Union (SEIU). That original “cover story” … percentage is much smaller. SEIU targeted the taxpayer dollars … workers” had been unionized, SEIU began collecting dues from … care dues skim.” So far, the SEIU has received more than $29 … other home caregivers to fund SEIU union officials' socialist …

The Effect of Proposal 4 on the Unionization of In-Home Caregivers

Proposal 4, however, would enshrine in the state constitution collective bargaining power for the SEIU or any subsequent union representing in-home caregivers. The many legal objections to, and laws against, the previous unionization would be removed, at least prospectively. The provisions of Public …

By The Numbers

Workers for Opportunity

… the Mackinac Center is working with through Workers For Opportunity 8% — AFSCME national has experienced a 8% drop in total dues/fee payers 5.2% — SEIU national has experienced a 5.2% drop in members/fee payers 2.8% — National Education Association national has experienced a 2.8% drop in total dues/fee …

Endnotes

… Bennett v. Council 31 of the AFSCME, AFL-CIO, 991 F.3d 724 (7th Cir. 2021); Fischer v Governor of N.J., 842 F. App’x 741 (3d Cir. 2021), Oliver v. SEIU Loc. 668, 830 F. App’x 76 (3d Cir. 2020), Belgau v. Inslee, 975 F.3d 940 (9th Cir. 2020). While these challenges to dues deductions have failed, they …

Ballot Petition Signatures Submitted in Home Health Aide Scheme

Attempt to grant dues skim constitutional protection is a ‘disgrace’

… proposal that would enshrine the SEIU dues skim in the state constitution … Foundation. “Long before the SEIU and the Granholm Administration … February. A lawyer for the SEIU told the judge the union would … the upcoming elections. “The SEIU has openly admitted to the … are being forced to fund the SEIU’s political machine. Since these …

New Department of Health and Human Services Rule Would Reinstate Dues Skim

Health care providers should be given a choice

… Michigan. Before 2012, the SEIU had quietly worked with the … care for. Despite this, the SEIU negotiated with the state agency … caregivers voted. By 2013, the SEIU had successfully diverted over … Michigan’s citizens also rejected an SEIU-backed attempt to enshrine … dues skim ended in Michigan, SEIU Healthcare Michigan’s membership …

The End Is Near: 'Skim' Stopper Bill Headed To Gov. Snyder

State Rep.: Unions 'lying' to stop bill

… Senate Bill 1018. In 2005, the SEIU targeted dollars that taxpayers … to be in nursing homes. The SEIU scheme, involving a dummy employer … health care workers into the SEIU. The majority of the 43,729 … people were unionized, the SEIU began collecting dues from … has now grown to 60,190. The SEIU has netted more than $29 million …

Union Pushes Ballot Proposal To Keep 'Dues Skim' Alive

… Employees International Union (SEIU) is taking initial steps toward … petition drive. This move by the SEIU comes as passage of legislation … petition language, submitted by an SEIU fronted group, would amend … Public Policy, refers to the SEIU ballot proposal effort as a … health care workers into the SEIU. That 43,729 has now swollen …

Supreme Court Ends Dues Skim Nationwide

… Employees International Union (SEIU) that unionized these home-based … Quinn, and again involved the SEIU. Eight other states — California, … ended, the dues skim filled the SEIU’s coffers with approximately … caregivers. In Illinois, the SEIU’s skim took about $3.6 million … 4 in 2012, after which the SEIU was assessed a $199,000 fine …

The Stealth Election That Led To The Home Health Care 'Dues Skim'

… million to the coffers of the SEIU including more than $4 million … benefit from belonging to the SEIU. Additionally, they had no … did get a mailing from the SEIU she wouldn't have paid much … filled out was an easy task. The SEIU had plenty of people to do … indefinite period of time. SEIU claims it sent out five notifications …

The Expensive Mystery of “Project Cherrywood”

… well-connected public-sector union. The SEIU already benefits from its legal … decision to award the tax credit, SEIU Local 517M agreed to revise … made the pay cut easier for SEIU officers to swallow. Second, … know little about what the SEIU will do with the office space … temptation will be strong for SEIU to use these same state-supported …

The Continued Collection of Monies From In-Home Caregivers

… payments received by in-home caregivers.[48] On May 29, 2012, however, the SEIU sued Gov. Richard Snyder, State Treasurer Andy Dillon and Department of … on grounds that the state’s failure to continue withholding money for the SEIU voided the union contract and therefore violated the U.S. Constitution’s …

Supreme Court Rules Unionization Schemes Involving Home-Based Care Providers Are Illegal

Mackinac Center represented workers similar to those in Illinois who were forced to pay union dues simply because they got state money

… that the 'dues skim' that the SEIU set up in Michigan was unconstitutional." … the country. In Michigan, the SEIU Healthcare Michigan orchestrated … was disbanded last year. The SEIU, however, went to great lengths … positions to delay action. The SEIU also tried to get its scheme locked … points. Earlier this year, the SEIU was fined nearly $200,000 for …

Mackinac Center Heroes

Profiles of a few of the Michiganders we’ve helped over the years

… and Robert Haynes were caring for their disabled adult children when the SEIU unionized them against their will. Although the Mackinac Center Legal Foundation … state to pass legislation ending the dues skim, and voters rejecting an SEIU effort to reinstate it.

Worker freedom and individual liberty

… as “dues skim” involving the SEIU.[28] The union worked with … government subsidies. The SEIU and Granholm administration … and forced to pay dues to the SEIU. These caregivers received … were not state employees, the SEIU launched a ballot initiative, … the union, workers fled the SEIU in droves. By 2020, SEIU Michigan …

State Government Employee Unions Prosper in Midst of Recession

… Michigan Corrections Organization, SEIU Local 526M, was the only union to report … employees in its bargaining unit. Another SEIU local, 517M, was a big winner, adding … +$214,527.72 MI Corrections Org./SEIU 526M $4,959,645.28 $4,840,725.89 -$118,919.39 SEIU 517M $2,433,129.78 $2,721,664.04 +$288,534.26 …

Union Activists Protest Opposition to Coerced Union Dues

U.S. Supreme Court to consider case next week

… Service Employees International Union (SEIU). From 2005 to 2013, the SEIU had a dues skimming scheme by which … by sending its press release on behalf of SEIU Michigan. “We’re protesting the Mackinac … home-based caregivers on behalf of an SEIU affiliate in 2013, its membership dropped …

Kansas Agencies Stops Helping Pro-ObamaCare Union

… were responding to an open records request by the SEIU, a union that represents health care and government … suggests a fair amount of skepticism towards the SEIU, which has given Sebelius and her PAC over $130,000. … clue?) Americans for Tax Reform, no friend of the SEIU, says follow the money. See also Bob Weeks, blogger …

Home Health Care 'Dues Skim' Worse Than Previously Thought

'This is Crony Unionism'

… health care workers into the SEIU. With the news media, the Legislature … sent in their ballots. The SEIU “take” so far is more than … can be used for anything the SEIU desires, including politics. … scenes collaboration between the SEIU and the state of Michigan. … providers in order to keep SEIU coffers filled,” she continued. …

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Winter 2011-12 Edition

… Health Care Workers Vote to Bolt from 'Corrupt' SEIU Subsidized Green Energy Company Struggles, Lays … Looking Like a Done Deal GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Healthcare ‘Employer’ Despite Deficit, Some Dearborn … 'Forced Unionization' Brings In $28 Million For SEIU ... And Climbing I'm Just a Bill

The ‘Unionization’ of In-Home Caregivers in 2005

… Relations Commission certified the SEIU as the union that would collectively … January 2005, the MQC3 and the SEIU presented a petition to MERC … that both the MQC3 and the SEIU consented to MERC’s “jurisdiction” … in-home caregivers to approve the SEIU as their representative union. … 19, 2005, MERC certified the SEIU as the collective bargaining …

The Legislature Acts to End the Dues Collection

… that required the in-home caregivers to pay the SEIU’s union dues and agency fees. The MQC3, however, … the new law went into effect, the MQC3 and the SEIU entered into an extension of the existing collective … under “The Relationship Between the MQC3 and the SEIU.”

Practical and Political Aspects of the New Model

… dues and agency fees by the SEIU in the unionization of in-home … unionization in 2003. In 2006, the SEIU was reportedly the biggest … re-election campaign.[92] The SEIU has asserted that political … caregivers in Michigan. In the SEIU’s federal lawsuit against the … discontinuing the dues collection, the SEIU’s attorney cited political concerns …

Reactions to Forced Unionization

Tea Party groups call practice 'immoral'

… the most recent member of the SEIU to claim the union's only interest … declaring 'Support Senator Kahn and SEIU. Take money from the elderly … has provided is more dues for SEIU, more union campaign contributions … themselves and gives it to the SEIU. And what training is he talking … the national news media, one SEIU representative claimed the …

Gov. Snyder Could Replace Board That Helped Facilitate Forced Unionization Of Home-Based Caregivers

If Proposal 4 passes, constitutional amendment would lock in current union-stacked board

… options," she said. In 2005, the SEIU targeted Michigan's share of … long-term care facilities. The SEIU pulled off its scam by taking … the mail. As a result, the SEIU has been taking money from … million has been taken by the SEIU. "I would hope the governor … are not state employees. The SEIU took the issue to federal court …

Parents Forced to Pay Union Dues, Lawmaker Rakes In Health Care Money

Father: "Considering the dues money we're sending them, maybe they should come over and babysit our kids so we could have one night out.”

… Employees International Union (SEIU). This deduction is the result … Kahn received $2,500 from the SEIU in 2010. However, a review … treasurer. Last month, the SEIU and DMC staged a rally together … allegedly belonging to the SEIU. The only impact it's having … GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Healthcare ‘Employer’ SEIU …

How the Forced Unionization of Day Care and Home Health Care Providers Took Place

Anatomy of a Scam: Dues continue to flow

… Employees International Union (SEIU). Union dues have been extracted … taxpayers to the coffers of the SEIU. House Bill 4003 was designed … not of their own making. “SEIU has not responded once to our … Kahn, [R, Saginaw] has been a SEIU spearhead against these distressed … election? Zac Altefogt of SEIU Healthcare Michigan (the branch …

Union Loses $4.2 Million After Dues Skim Ends

… Employees International Union (SEIU) targeted the assistance checks … cold shoulder. As a result, SEIU Healthcare Michigan, the union … Department of Labor, membership in SEIU Healthcare Michigan dropped … the home care. In 2005, the SEIU perpertrated a forced unionization … “home health care workers” and SEIU Healthcare Michigan was created …

Deception

… a neutrality agreement with SEIU prior to the union’s organizing … statement, Mayhew detailed how the SEIU hosted a question and answer … exclusive representation by SEIU,” she said. “We were told by … exclusive representation by the SEIU.”[41] When the union received … and other tactics used by the SEIU against Kaiser Permanente employees …

Supreme Court Ends ‘Dues Skim’ Nationwide

… decades-long membership slump. SEIU began organizing caregivers … arrangement was quite simple: SEIU would convince a state agency … of the Medicaid payments to SEIU in the form of union dues, … caregivers greatly enriched SEIU. We exposed a similar scheme … the program, but not before SEIU skimmed $34 million away from …

Endnotes

… http://perma.cc/Y7EJ-B2ZV. 16 Paul Pringle, “SEIU Official Steps aside in Inquiry,” … “Congress Scrutinizes L.A. Local of SEIU,” Los Angeles Times, Aug. 29, … http://perma.cc/48T7-BAHC. 18 Paul Pringle, “SEIU Alleges Misuse of Funds,” Los … Richard Winton, “Former Leader of SEIU Local Is Indicted,” Los Angeles … and Hailey Branson-Potts, “Ex-SEIU Local Exec Convicted of Stealing …

Attorney General Orders Home Health Dues Skim to End

Illegal scheme continued despite law explicitly stating providers are not government employees

… have been paying dues in the first place.” The SEIU was able to skim the so-called “dues” under a scheme … funds but did receive operating expenses from the SEIU. CapCon also reported that the MQC3 is being operated … unemployment insurance. Wright cautioned that the SEIU is trying to pass a constitutional amendment to …

U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Decide if Forced Unionization Violates Constitution

Illinois scheme was focus of MCLF amicus brief

… to pad the political coffers of AFSCME and the SEIU. “We were in the middle of a similar legal battle … in Michigan ended last March, but not before the SEIU was able to skim more than $34 million in “dues” … meant to help our most vulnerable residents. The SEIU had tried to enshrine the scheme in the Michigan …

Michigan home health workers would be protected from dues skim if right-to-work is repealed

Home health care workers are one group of people who would not be affected by right-to-work’s repeal

… to the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, in what is now known as a “dues skim.” The SEIU was permitted, during the administration of former … says, to learn that she won’t be forced to pay the SEIU, even if lawmakers repeal right-to-work. That’s …

Forced Unionization Scheme Still Collecting Cash – Lawmakers Mystified

… kept the dues flowing to the SEIU. Judy Hendrixson, a home health … said she was amazed that the SEIU dues are still being taken … checks.” Hendrixson, a former SEIU union representative, said … employee union was illegal. Next, SEIU took advantage of the fact … basis of this election, the SEIU started receiving $6 million …

Stealth Unionization One Step Closer to Ending

Senate committee approves House Bill 4003

… their subsidy checks and sent to the SEIU. Under that scenario, the Michigan … Mystified GOP Senator Tries to Save SEIU Healthcare ‘Employer’ SEIU Healthcare Michigan Lives on Without … Workers Vote to Bolt from 'Corrupt' SEIU

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Asks MERC to Reverse Forced Unionization of Home-Based Caregivers

Seeks return of $3 million in skimmed ‘dues’

… caregivers were not public employees. The SEIU and the MQC3 signed a contract extension … union attorney told the court that the SEIU needed the money for political purposes. … includes a legal challenge against SEIU Healthcare Michigan and the Michigan … a conflict of interest because the SEIU gave the MQC3 $12,000 to continue operating …

Voters Reject Special Interest Power Plays

Proposals 2-6 soundly defeated

… double-digits. As was Proposal 4, the SEIU scheme that allowed the union to take … collective bargaining agreement between the SEIU and Michigan Quality Community Care Council expires in February. The SEIU has taken more than $32.7 million from … created non-profit organization, the SEIU reportedly spent more than $5 million …

A Public Employee Union Response

… Phillip Thompson Executive Vice President Michigan Public Employees, SEIU Local 517M These types of news articles—in Wisconsin as well as the recent … productive conversations between elected officials and public workers. It is SEIU’s sincere desire that Governor-elect Snyder takes a much more constructive …

Not Much Mystery Behind $9 Million Raised for Prop 4

Proposal 4 supporters expect voters to believe that the union is spending $9,593 per name for a registry

… million into Proposal 4.  The SEIU is trying to stay out of the … forced into the union. The SEIU wants the scheme to continue … registry is essential. "If the SEIU is bankrolling this, it isn't … into the constitution. The SEIU orchestrated the forced unionization … caregivers ever since. So far the SEIU has taken more than $32 million from …

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Home-Based Caregivers in Nine States Free from Union Dues Skim

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation filed two briefs at the High Court regarding the case

… through in Michigan with the SEIU’s stealth unionization of caregivers … caregivers in Michigan saw the SEIU skim more than $34 million … came to an end last March. The SEIU tried to enshrine its scheme … by 12 percentage points. The SEIU was later fined $199,000 — … 4. “It’s very telling that SEIU Healthcare Michigan’s membership …

Home Health Care Bill Signed Into Law

… Commission on the Aging. The SEIU then applied to the Michigan … $5,000 contribution from the SEIU the day after Opsommer’s bill … its home page to tally the SEIU’s take from home health care … unemployment insurance and since the SEIU was helping keep its doors … release. Not surprisingly, the SEIU filed a federal lawsuit challenging …

News Release: State Government Paid $17.6 Million to Unions in 2008, According to Documents Secured by FOIA Request

“Agency fee” clause means state taxpayers contribute to unions, Mackinac Center analyst says

… $5,838,655.20 Michigan Corrections Organization (SEIU Local 526M) $4,959,645.28 SEIU Local 517M $2,433,129.78 Michigan State Employees … a modest portion of their activities, but both SEIU and AFSCME records show political spending making …

A New Model of Public-Sector Union Organization

… 1980s in California under the direction of the SEIU. Many organizers credit Craig Becker, then a law … successful unionization of this kind involved the SEIU organizing in-home caregivers in Los Angeles County … majority of participating caregivers rejected both the SEIU and AFSCME affiliate, and these caregivers were …

Medicaid Dues Skim May Come To An End, After All

Friends, relatives of disabled individuals among those swept into public sector unions

… Department of Community Health ended a contract with the SEIU that had been established during the term of former … from Medicaid checks to union coffers, usually the SEIU or the American Federation of State, County and … “According to a report by the U.S. Department of Labor, SEIU Healthcare Michigan’s membership fell from 55,265 …

Line 5 is a Textbook Example of Environmental Versus Labor Concerns

The debate has reinforced the blue-green divide

… “Blue-Green Divide.” For example, some unions — like the SEIU — appear to have put politics over the needs of … building trades union may be concerned, but the SEIU’s decision to put politics over the workers they … million on politics and lobbying. In contrast to the SEIU, the Michigan-based Operating Engineers Local 324 …

Taylor announces concessions

… $800, 000," Oct. 12, 2010 Taylor School District, "Master Agreement between The Board of Education of Taylor School District and Local 26M Division of SEIU Local 517, Dec. 8, 2008 - June 30, 2010." FURTHER READING: Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Michigan School Databases, "Michigan School District …

Conclusion

… more than $30 million in union dues from Medicaid money meant for those caregivers. The subsequent public outcry and legislative backlash against the SEIU and the MQC3 for this arrangement led to the defunding of the MQC3. Advocates serious about these programs should consider severing them from unionization, …

The Intellectual Firepower Against Right-to-Work

Who's who on right-to-work

… on that organization’s website (go to page 15). Also, unions are heavily represented on EPI’s board of directors, including the presidents of the SEIU, AFSCME, the machinists union, the communications workers union; the food and commercial workers union; UAW President Bob King; AFL-CIO President Richard …

MICHIGAN CAPITOL CONFIDENTIAL

Summer 2013 Edition

… Requests to Hide Information Court Rules School Districts Cannot Use Public Resources to Withhold Union Dues Michigan Republicans Go Wobbly on Obamacare SEIU Lays Out Plan to Try and Continue ‘Dues Skim’ Oregon Study Suggests Michigan Medicaid Expansion Not Worth the Cost Films or Potholes? Film Incentives: …

Mackinac Wins 2019 State Policy Network Award

… discovered that the Service Employees International Union was automatically deducting union dues from home-based caregivers’ Medicaid payments. The SEIU had unionized thousands of home health care workers, unbeknownst to them, and siphoned tens of millions of dollars into its coffers. The Mackinac Center …

Prop 4 Op-Ed in Detroit Free Press Ungrounded

… one important thing missing from Hoyle's column — the words "union" and "SEIU." Since every reported dime to gather signatures and run this campaign … a constitutional amendment isn't bad a bad return on investment — if the SEIU wins.

No Provisions for Higher Pay or Improved Work Conditions

… collective bargaining regulation of MERC. [‡] If Proposal 4 were approved, the SEIU would remain the home help providers’ certified union if a collective bargaining agreement between the MQC3 and the SEIU were in force at the time Proposal 4 was adopted. (See Proposal 4 of 2012, …

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… Obamacare Making Sense of the Complicated Ballot Language for Proposal 1 SEIU Membership Drops 80 Percent After Dues Skim Ends Legislators Block Low-Cost … Haven’t Paid Dues; Some Teachers Say Union Intentionally Misled Members SEIU Allowed to Keep Millions in ‘Dues’ Money it Siphoned Away from Medicaid …

Even After Right-to-Work, Unions Still Big Political Spenders in Michigan

… This data comes from state and federal campaign spending reports. The SEIU’s affiliated super PAC, United We Can, made almost $1.3 million in independent … the Michigan Democratic Party and $68,000 to Gov. Whitmer’s campaign. The SEIU Michigan State Council made a $25,000 contribution to Gov. Whitmer’s campaign. …

Mackinac Center Applauds Federal Change Ending Dues Skimming

Unions can no longer skim an estimated $200 million in dues from home health care workers

… agencies to “unionize” home caregivers and skim money from their paychecks. The SEIU maintained that these were “public” employees for the purpose of unionization, … see a massive drop in revenue — 84% of home caregivers dropped out of the SEIU affiliate once given a choice. “Ever since the Mackinac Center learned …

Ending the 'Dues Skim' in Michigan

How the government was stopped from taking money from paychecks

… voted. That was enough for the Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, to be named as the collective bargaining agent for providers. The Mackinac … about the scheme. The Legislature ended the funding to the council, so the SEIU started to finance it, even as the council’s director collected unemployment …

Michigan Forces Business Owners Into Public-Sector Union

… Union, better known as the SEIU. Fourteen states have now enabled … Corp. granted a for-profit SEIU subsidiary, the SEIU Member Action Service Center, … because it categorized the SEIU subsidiary as a business and … just before the 5,000 member SEIU local 517M granted the state …

MERC’s Power to Approve the Unionization

… agreement between the MQC3 and the SEIU specifically states: The parties … bargaining contract with the SEIU are aspirational. They essentially … stood when the MQC3 and the SEIU approached MERC to certify … As noted above, the MQC3 and SEIU indicated in their petition … that presented by the MQC3 and SEIU.

Corporate Campaigns

… targets.”[49] In 2011, the SEIU “Contract Campaign Manual” … Labor and Pensions how the SEIU ravaged his company through … would not capitulate to the SEIU’s demands for a neutrality agreement, … According to Bego’s testimony, an SEIU organizer told him, “Mr. Bego, … suit filed by PJS against the SEIU for their aggressive corporate …

Alabama Betrayal: Congressman Provides Tea Party Lessons

… recipient of a $2,000 campaign contribution from the SEIU on June 22, six weeks before SB 731 was introduced. In … quid-pro-quo between Senate Republicans and the SEIU for union support of former state Rep. Mike Nofs … the party's top priorities. Day observes that the SEIU endorsed Nofs on August 22, two weeks after SB …

The Public Employee Union Problem

… than 98 percent of that going to Democrats. The SEIU, AFL-CIO and United Steel Workers have all promised … employees." At the same time, a union subsidiary of the SEIU pushed GOP Senators into coming up short on a vote … approximately $6.6 million in taxpayers' money to the SEIU in the form of 'dues.' The end game for these …

The Public Employee Union Problem

… that going to Democrats or left-wing groups. The SEIU, AFL-CIO and United Steelworkers have all been … caregivers continued to be forced to pay money to the SEIU. The "dues skim" lead to a legislative fight, an attempted … employees." A few years ago, a union subsidiary of the SEIU pushed GOP Senators into coming up short on a vote …

Forced Unionization Campaign Pretending 31-Year-Old Program Doesn't Exist

… had been in the hands of DHS alone. In 2005, the SEIU targeted the Home Help Program Medicaid checks … dummy employer that ran the registry. However, the SEIU gave the dummy employer money to keep it going. This … outlaw the forced unionization. That's why the SEIU is trying to lock it into the constitution. "It …

2013 In Review: Worker Freedom, Medicaid Expansion Took Center Stage

… eight educators who want to leave the MEA. The SEIU "Dues Skim" Finally Ends In April, more than 59,000 … not see any benefits from being in a union The SEIU went to great lengths to try and preserve the scheme … Stops Home Health Care Dues Skim Confirmed: The SEIU Dues Skim Finally Ends GOP Controlled Legislature …

U.S. Supreme Court Discusses Right-to-Work For All Public Employees

Union 'dues skim' case could mean the end of forced unionization of home-based caregivers, others

… Unionization Michigan Capitol Confidential of the SEIU Dues Skim Legal Foundation Seeks Return Of 'Dues Skim' Money SEIU Election Battle Hinges On Home-Based Caregivers … Reject Forced Unionization Scheme Infighting At The SEIU How the Forced Unionization of Day Care and Home …

Unionization Ruling Before The Supreme Court Could Be 'Huge'

Political consultant: Ruling could 'dramatically undermine public sector unions'

… Unionization Michigan Capitol Confidential of the SEIU Dues Skim Legal Foundation Seeks Return Of 'Dues Skim' Money SEIU Election Battle Hinges On Home-Based Caregivers … Reject Forced Unionization Scheme Infighting At The SEIU How the Forced Unionization of Day Care and Home …

We’ve Beaten Down the Union ‘Dues Skim’ in Michigan Again and Again

The Biden administration is trying to revive it for other states

… with their care. Last year, we were put into the SEIU without our knowledge. In our view, we are not … but parents to our children. We didn’t join the SEIU [but] we now pay monthly dues that are deducted … skim, more than 80% of home caregivers left the SEIU Healthcare Michigan union. The union convinced …

Small Biz vs. Big Labor

… unionization. The bill transfers some $6.6 million in Medicaid money annually to the SEIU union, considered the "union dues" for these workers.  The Mackinac Center … didn't return a message left at his office. ~~~~~ See also: GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY! Deadline Looming: Day …

Better Late Than Never: An End To the 'Dues Skim'

What can $29 million buy?

… Committee Chair, Sen. Roger Kahn, R-Saginaw, who received $5,000 from the SEIU on the day in June that the House bill was sent to the Senate, still voted with the SEIU — the lone Republican to side with the union. The newly passed Senate bill …

Proposal To Keep Forced Unionization Intact – It’s All About The Money

… of thousands of people who have been roped into becoming members of the SEIU thanks to the union's "home health care dues skim," which has netted more … chair of the House Appropriations Human Services Subcommittee, said the SEIU has been exploiting the Home Help Program participants and now it's trying …

A War of Ideas on All Fronts

The Mackinac Center Fights For Liberty

… higher, with Weingarten at $493,859 in 2011 and Van Roekel at $460,060. SEIU Dues Skim Although Gov. Snyder signed into law a bill declaring home-based … injunction, meaning the dues skim will continue until at least February. The SEIU argued in court that the union needed the money for political speech. Taxmaggedon …

All Five Constitutional Amendments Soundly Defeated

Emergency manager law repealed

… rubber stamp their agenda.” Proposal 4, a scheme that would have allowed the SEIU to continue taking $6 million a year from family members who provide home-based … registry and training for care providers was not the issue here, but the SEIU chose to attach them to the poison pill of forced unionization and also …

Supreme Court Reviews Forced Unionization

… nationwide. Several years ago, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) saw the financial assistance going to disabled adults like Josh and concocted … classify home help providers in the Medicaid program as employees of the state. SEIU was designated as the representative of the caregivers and 20,000 independent …

Appointments: A Rarely Recognized Gubernatorial Power

Which can have major effects

… the 2012 election. This was the action that finally led to the end of the SEIU healthcare dues skim. Governors also make appointments to the Michigan … to which a governor makes appointments is extensive. ~~~~~ See also: SEIU Dues Skim Finally Grounds to a Halt

Labor Union Protests Outside Mackinac Center Office

… Executive Vice President Michael Reitz said in a statement to the media that the SEIU protest was a fitting nod to First Amendment protections, which the Friedrichs … Friedrichs case,” Reitz said. Reitz went on to remind the media that the SEIU took over $34 million from home health care workers, many of them simply …

Public Sector Unions’ Mixed Fortunes After Michigan Right-To-Work Law

Too soon to tell how much U.S. Supreme Court’s extension of RTW to public sector nationwide will affect union finances

… Others, including the Michigan State Employees Association (MSEA) and the SEIU Local 517M, have seen declines of 20 percent or more. The number of workers paying fees to MSEA fell by 345, from 3,079 to 2,734. SEIU Local 517M decreased by 782 individuals, going from 3,532 to 2,750. Before …

Grading Michigan’s Labor Laws

… Supreme Court ruling, the nation’s four largest government unions — AFSCME, SEIU, NEA and AFT — have lost almost 219,000 union members. The Janus decision … brought by Pennsylvania government employees forced major unions — including SEIU, PSCOA, UFCW and AFSCME — to drop resignation restrictions from state contracts. …

What Unites the Tea Party Movement?

… privileged class. Examples of politicians appearing to serve the system rather than the people published previously on this page include "GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY!" and "Union Bennie 'Obligation' Legislation Burdens Taxpayers for Nonobligations." The politicians …

Strings May Be Attached When a Politician Has the Union Label

… Right-to-Work Right to Work Bill Rejected Pro-Union Republicans School Union Denounces Privatization School Pension Reform Stalls in Senate GOP Senators, SEIU Taxpayer Giveaways, Campaign Cash and More, OH MY! Tea Partiers Take on Special Senate Race

Flint nixes two administrative pay hikes

… for having to do more work and not getting the pay.” Board trustee David Davenport pointed out that district employees who are represented by the SEIU are now paying 50 percent toward their insurance premium, up from 10 percent, The Journal reported. “I say they can take a cut like I took one,” warehouse …

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